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Are COOs a Vanishing Breed?

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Many senior vice presidents are being handed the responsibilities of chief operating officers as cost-cutting has chopped rungs from the corporate ladder, says the Wall Street Journal.
“The CEO wants to be closer to the action,” says Tom Kolder, president of Crist|Kolder Associates, a Hinsdale, Ill., executive-search firm. The recession may be accelerating the trend as [...]

How to Watch Those Job Search Expenses

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

How much are you really spending to try and land that director-level or VP job? Be honest.
Costs for travel, networking events, clothes, drinks, resumes, job fairs, dry cleaning, dinners–it all adds up, really fast. Do you need to schmooze your way in to bankruptcy, or should you be a little smarter with your dough and [...]

How Long Does it Take to Get a Job in This Recession?

By Donald Sears ⋅ August 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

How long will it take you to find a new job after a layoff?
That may be an unanswerable question. For some, it’s an excruciatingly long period of job searching, networking and tweaking countless resumes.
Take former Lehman Brothers Senior Vice President Michael Crehan, who spent 17 months job searching before he landed something he desired. Crehan has [...]

Online Job Openings Up 250,000

By Donald Sears ⋅ June 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Pick the description that best describes new job opportunities lately:
A. A black hole.
B. A total joke.
C. A full-time job.
D. More job openings than you think.
Surprise! If you picked “D,” you’d be correct.
The nonprofit career organization The Conference Board recently released a report known as Help-Wanted Online Data Series (HWOL)™, and the findings are actually positive. [...]